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Transportation

GEODIS | July 09, 2021

GEODIS, a global supply chain operator, has agreed to buy almost all of the assets of Velocity Freight Transport, Inc., a leading freight brokerage firm headquartered in Plano, Texas, from McLane Company Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary. The acquisition broadens GEODIS' Capacity Solutions offering in North America at a critical juncture in the industry's ongoing driver and truck shortages. Velocity's acquisition will help meet increasing customer demand for additi...

Logistics

prnewswire | May 08, 2023

J&T Express KSA has announced the launch of its Domestic Express Service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The move is aligned with the award-winning logistics provider's continuous efforts to facilitate dependable, efficient, and customer-centric services, catering to the surging demand for domestic logistics solutions across the Kingdom. Domestic Express was introduced to offer a convenient and timely service that enables companies and individuals based in Riyadh t...

Supply Chain Dive | September 07, 2020

The Department of Transportation released a National Freight Strategic Plan Thursday to help implement the National Multimodal Freight Policy. The plan outlines goals and strategies to guide multimodal freight policies, investments and programs at the federal and state levels. The policy and its plan were created under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act — passed in 2015 and set to expire Sept. 30. The plan identifies freight challenges and data and research needs, and inte...

Software and Technology, Logistics

GEODIS | September 05, 2022

Leading global transport and logistics provider GEODIS announced the launch of its Fast Integration technology, a new application programming interface (API) self-service portal to enable quick, seamless integration for contract logistics customers in the Americas region. With Fast Integration, the company is now providing its clients with an easy-to-use portal and one-stop solution to integrate with GEODIS via API directly to simplify the overall fulfillment and shipping process.In addition to ...